Politics

The financial measures just announced against Russia are unprecedented for a country of its size.

Russia has been working for years to influence and undermine the independence of its smaller neighbor. And some Americans have played a role in that.

The Ukrainian envoy said that this action "sends a very strong signal" to Moscow that the Russian military's ongoing invasion and assault is "not acceptable."

"There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only AT&T, IT&T ... a collage of corporations."

The United States and Russia must also finally assume the responsibility that comes with stockpiling over 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, and agree on a plan to start dismantling them, in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Still undetermined: the degree to which this Cult Leader will sabotage his own hijacked party’s chances in the mid-term.

Competing state constitutional amendments go to different lengths to enshrine voting rights and target anti-voter legislation and court rulings.

The rich can live lavishly by employing a technique known as “Buy, Borrow, Die,” in which they buy or build assets, borrow against them and then avoid estate and gift taxes when they die.

The resurgence of the culture-of-poverty debate.

A total of 5,500 anti-war protesters have now been detained since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale military assault on Ukraine.